ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) And now, back to our regularly scheduled NFL programming in which the Patriots, refreshed after a weekend off, resume their bid for a perfect season by running up the score on any team not named the Colts. Playing the role of this week's patsy: the Buffalo Bills.

Bill Belichick, of course, won't buy into that story line in preparing for Sunday night's game at Buffalo. New England's coach spent the week conducting his familiar "building-up-the-opponent" routine by insisting the Bills (5-4) could easily be 7-2 if not for a pair of last-second losses.

The Patriots (9-0), though, are better. They've already beaten AFC East rival Buffalo 38-7 this season and opened this week pegged as 15 1/2-point favorites - on the road, no less. (Full Story)